Michael “Mickey” Passman examined the Illinois Appellate Court’s decision of Direct Auto Insurance Co. v. Sinclair in his July 2018 Insurance Law IICLE Flashpoint column. At issue was whether a misrepresentation in the insurance application that increases premium renders the policy void.

BatesCarey’s Stanley V. Figura obtained Delaware Supreme Court affirmance of a trial court ruling applying judicial estoppel to reject an attempt to establish coverage for asbestos claims asserted against General Motors under post-1971 excess policies with collective limits of approximately $250 million. 

On June 28, 2018, the Justice Department Announced charges against  601 individuals for their alleged participation in the opioid epidemic resulting in more than $2 billion in losses.

BatesCarey is pleased to announce the arrival of five new associates who will expand the bench of the firm’s insurance coverage practice. John F. Healy, Jr., Kathryn C. Kawauchi, Elangie Lozada Patterson, Abigail E. Rocap and Allyson C. Spacht have all joined the firm’s Chicago office over the past few weeks and bring to 52 the total number of attorneys at the firm.

Michael H.Passman and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' Michael J. DeLonay examine how courts are determining the number of occurrences in insurance policies that may be implicated by claims in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

BatesCarey Founding Partner Robert J. Bates, Jr. has been ranked as a top five “Thought Leader” in North America by the London-based publishing group Who’s Who Legal for the second year in a row. This coveted distinction is earned through the nominations of peers, clients and industry sources. Bob was lauded by his peers for his extraordinary knowledge in the insurance and...

BatesCarey has once again been named as a leading insurance coverage firm by Chambers USA, the legal industry’s most respected rankings list, as well as by various other national and international ranking services.  In 2018 the firm staked claim on the prestigious Band 1 ranking in Illinois in the category of Insurance Dispute Resolution: Insurer. Chambers’ international...

I. Jordan Lowe discuss how concussion litigation will be affected by developments in diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease associated with a history of repetitive brain injuries, in living patients.

On April 17, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado entered summary judgment in favor of Rockhill Insurance Company, finding that over $800,000 in underlying repair and replacement costs were excluded by a “faulty workmanship” exclusion in the professional liability policy at issue.  In achieving this ruling, the BatesCarey LLP team also attained summary judgment on over $4 million in bad faith damages that had been sought from Rockhill.

Michael "Mickey" Passman unpacked the Illinois Appellate Court’s confirmation of Dominick’s Finer Foods v. Indiana Insurance Co.in his March 2018 Insurance Law IICLE Flashpoints column.  At issue was the well-established rule that where there is bona fide dispute concerning coverage, statutory penalties should not be assessed against an insurer that denies a claim, even...